Knife Quote by Patrick F. McManus

“You know what would be awesome? . . . If I could have a machete.”

— Molly Looby

“Doing this would be like starting with a paper cut and trying to bandage it with a machete.”

— Jilly Gagnon

“The blade must cut, even at its own peril.”

— Marc Cameron

“Walking along a blade’s edge was only fun until the blade stopped being a metaphor.”

— Margaret Rogerson

“What might seem a careless phrase for one can cut deep as a blade for another.”

— Cora Carmack

“With all these forks in the roads of our path, why do so many choose to take the knife?”

— Anthony Liccione

“It was like trying to balance on a pair of knife blades. Who had thought of this mad form of travel in the first…

— Tamora Pierce

“The thought occurred to me that she could easily take her knife and slash it though my spine.”

— Alexandra Bracken

“You might imagine that a person would resort to self-mutilation only under extremes of duress, but once I'd crossed that line the first time,…

— Caroline Kettlewell

“One blade couldn’t win a battle, but as long as it was mine, it could be used to protect me and those I loved.”

— Esther M. Friesner

“The word is “like a knife” because it can be used as a tool or weapon.”

— Ice Cube

“as a tool, rather than a weapon against the self.”

— Veronica Roth